I am stuck and looking for any information/records (B/M/D) for: Ryfka/Rywka WASERSZTAJN . Father: Zelman, mother: Ester. Alternative scenario: Ryfka/Rywka KAC/KATZ, Father: Majer, mother: Ester Town l

Hi 'Genners, In a 1951 Antwerp city directory is the following listing: Walzman, E., kiekens Provinciestr 249 "Kiekens" should be the occupation. Google is telling me it's a Dutch word meaning "chicks

I am trying to find evidence as to where and when Rafael Klein (born Krosno, Poland, 13 September 1900) lived in Germany. I believe he moved to Germany very soon after World War I and that he remained

A presumed family member , Rabbi David ben Moshe and Leah of Kletzk , who was the Rabbi of Novarodok, during the 19 th century. Rabbi David, no family name known, also authored the "Galya Mesechta". A

LitvakSIG’s Ukmerge District Research Group held a virtual Birds of a Feather (BOF) Zoom meeting on July 10, 2022. The presentation provided background information on Lithuania, a review of the Litvak

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JewishGen Press is proud to announce our 149th title: Dubno Memorial Book. This is the English translation of: Dubna: sefer zikaron. Details: Hard Cover, 8.5" by 11", 692 pages with original photograp

I've posted a vital record in Romanian of my great-grandmother's birth for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.as

My grandmother told me that her grandfather ("Samuel" Zieve from Moletai, LT) had a "passport" that allowed him to travel within his region (maybe farther), I think for business purposes. This would h

I just saw a document from the Arolson Archive regarding cousins from Germany, presumed to have perished in the Holocaust. The attached post-war document on Dora BLUM I believe shows that her husband

Shalom, I would be grateful for a translation of any parts of this document that are not already in the index below. If everything is already included, please let me know too. Thank you very much. Kol

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The July 25, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court of Central Łódź [Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia], Second Ci

I'm looking for living male descendants of a Katzenellenbogen (or any variant) lineage who traces to Katzenellenbogen in the Minsk region of modern Belarus. The person DOES NOT need to have the tradit

A thank you from one of the recipients of aid in Ivano-Frankivsk (formerly Stanisławów) to Gesher Galicia. We want to thank all of you who contributed to our Emergency Appeal who made this aid possibl

I am trying to research possible connection to the rabbinic families of HOROWITZ and SOLOVEITCHIK. As both these families were Levi'im, and in both families the first name-Yosef Ber- are prominent, I

I have been told: After all the grown children of my great-great-grandfather, Avram/Avraham Gingold, went to America and his wife died, he thought he was going to die, so he made aliyah to Palestine.

I'm trying to sort something out and wondering if anyone can help. My great great great grandfather Morris Smigelski's headstone lists his father as Nachum Leib. Morris born 1853 based on headstone. S

JGSGB DNA SIG – Sun Aug 7th 2022 2pm – “Search and Research: Unlocking DNA Mysteries Real and Imagined” by Jeff Wallach Our next Sunday meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is August 7th and

Hi- Question- What might be the reasons other than not being married that the children would have the mother's last name and not the father's last name? The father was known and was the father of all

The Weekly News Nosh JewishGen Weekly E-Newsletter Phil Goldfarb, Editor Date: July 24, 2022 “A Family Without The Knowledge Of Their Past History, Origin And Culture Is Like A Tree Without Roots” Wel